AIRS – New Tool For CO2 Research Unveils Amazing Breakthroughs
30 December 2009 | Green Technology | 1 Comment
NASA – the “National Aeronautics and Space Administration” developed a new tool for a better understanding of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere, its movement and transport. The new device is called AIRS – “Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Instrument” and is placed on the NASA’s Aqua spacecraft. It takes daily measurements of concentration carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Earth’s Climate Could Experience Another Sudden Ice Age
8 December 2009 | Green News | 1 Comment
The Earth is very old – about 4.5 billion years and counting. In this time it has experienced numerous events, we humans would call catastrophes, which have brought it to the present shape and form. There is no doubt in the scientists mind that those kinds of events will soon appear again.